Twist that knife a little deeper, why don’t you?

You had to manually pull it down two gears to pull out of corners on a race track?  You poor soul...you’re right, it sucks, you shouldn’t have to deal with a lazy transmission in auto on a racetrack.

When this car first came out all the manual, rear wheel driving exotic car honchos cried about it’s tech, that’s where the “it doesn’t have soul”, too easy to drive, no character bullshit started, because the GTR was chewing them up and spitting them out on the tracks so fanboys had to fall back on the “it’s not about…

This V6, turbo, AWD, automated manual, computerized-wizard of a car is similar to a traditional American muscle car...?

When you’re buying cars that expensive, it matters less which one is slightly faster, just buy the one you want. For most people, it’s the one they grew up wanting. I grew up wanting an E46 M3. First car I bought was an E90. This year, I bought an F chassis, knowing full well it is universally panned for its…

The UX doesn’t make it any quicker?

My theory on this is that it’s more purely Japanese than the LFA or the NSX, both of which are like Japanese takes on Italian exotics—one front-engined, the other mid. And the Miata is a Japanese take on a classic British roadster, which is why it starts every day, unlike an MG or whatever.

I want to argue with you, but I kept thinking that the GT-R “Pure” (or whatever they call it) should cost $85k out the door. I’d love a stripped down model that is only the mechanical wizardry. They could even drop the boost enough to make it a 3.1 second car instead of a 2.9 second car and I’d still consider it job…

No I agree with your post, the GT-R is too much. My corvette rant was not about the GT-R, I’m sorry for not dividing them more (tho saying that if I were to cross-shop these, the ideal choice is a used GT-R from the earlier days, because that one wins the argument by all the metrics you have laid out here)

that means it’s roughly as quick as a six-figure hybrid hypercar like the LaFerrari

It is really strange how the price of new GT-Rs has gone up and up and up and up and yet the car’s performance has only had maybe two of those ups

Yep, after a 9 year run. 

This is good Kinja.

If you look at it from the outside, a mile away, thru a brick wall it does seem pretty insane to spend 100K+ on a 565HP, 4,000lb Nissan over a 650HP Vette.

Rivals may try to do so, but no one can ignore Godzilla.

Who pissed in your cornflakes, my dude ?

Would you buy the NSX over every other $150-200K sports car? Huracan, R8, 911 GT3 or Turbo, Vantage V8, 570S? The only person I’ve heard say yes is the most shameless rabid Honda fanboi I’ve ever come across.

Maybe I’m alone in my camp. But I think it’s a stunning car. 

Everything that i keep reading about this car is leading me to believe its going to be a bigger let down than the new NSX. As someone who owned an original NSX and a MKIV Supra, I have eagerly awaited these cars to where I had a deposit on the new NSX, i probably wont make the same mistake with this car.

Huh. I didn't know any of these had ever seen anything other than a Nordstrom's parking lot.